Genesis 26:4
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4 I will make your offspring as numerous as the stars of heaven and will give to your offspring all these lands, and all the nations of the earth shall gain blessing for themselves through your offspring,(A)
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Genesis 26:4
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4 I will make your descendants(A) as numerous as the stars in the sky(B) and will give them all these lands,(C) and through your offspring[a] all nations on earth will be blessed,[b](D)
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- Genesis 26:4 Or seed
- Genesis 26:4 Or and all nations on earth will use the name of your offspring in blessings (see 48:20)
Acts 3:25
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25 You are the descendants of the prophets and of the covenant that God gave to your ancestors, saying to Abraham, ‘And in your descendants all the families of the earth shall be blessed.’(A)
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Galatians 3:8
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8 And the scripture, foreseeing that God would reckon as righteous the gentiles by faith, declared the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, “All the gentiles shall be blessed in you.”(A)
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Galatians 3:8
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8 Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and announced the gospel in advance to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.”[a](A)
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- Galatians 3:8 Gen. 12:3; 18:18; 22:18
Genesis 22:17-18
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17 I will indeed bless you, and I will make your offspring as numerous as the stars of heaven and as the sand that is on the seashore. And your offspring shall possess the gate of their enemies,(A) 18 and by your offspring shall all the nations of the earth gain blessing for themselves, because you have obeyed my voice.”(B)
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Genesis 22:17-18
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17 I will surely bless you(A) and make your descendants(B) as numerous as the stars in the sky(C) and as the sand on the seashore.(D) Your descendants will take possession of the cities of their enemies,(E) 18 and through your offspring[a] all nations on earth will be blessed,[b](F) because you have obeyed me.”(G)
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- Genesis 22:18 Or seed
- Genesis 22:18 Or and all nations on earth will use the name of your offspring in blessings (see 48:20)
Genesis 15:5
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5 He brought him outside and said, “Look toward heaven and count the stars, if you are able to count them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your descendants be.”(A)
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Genesis 15:5
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5 He took him outside and said, “Look up at the sky and count the stars(A)—if indeed you can count them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your offspring[a] be.”(B)
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- Genesis 15:5 Or seed
Exodus 32:13
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13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, how you swore to them by your own self, saying to them, ‘I will multiply your descendants like the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have promised I will give to your descendants, and they shall inherit it forever.’ ”(A)
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Exodus 32:13
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13 Remember(A) your servants Abraham, Isaac and Israel, to whom you swore by your own self:(B) ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars(C) in the sky and I will give your descendants all this land(D) I promised them, and it will be their inheritance forever.’”
Genesis 13:16
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16 I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if one can count the dust of the earth, your offspring also can be counted.(A)
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Genesis 13:16
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16 I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone could count the dust, then your offspring could be counted.(A)
Genesis 12:2-3
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2 I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.(A) 3 I will bless those who bless you, and the one who curses you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”[a](B)
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- 12.3 Or by you all the families of the earth shall bless themselves
Genesis 12:2-3
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- Genesis 12:2 Or be seen as blessed
- Genesis 12:3 Or earth / will use your name in blessings (see 48:20)
Galatians 3:16
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Galatians 3:16
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16 The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed.(A) Scripture does not say “and to seeds,” meaning many people, but “and to your seed,”[a](B) meaning one person, who is Christ.
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- Galatians 3:16 Gen. 12:7; 13:15; 24:7
Psalm 72:17
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17 May his name endure forever,
his fame continue as long as the sun.
May all nations be blessed in him;[a]
may they pronounce him happy.(A)
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- 72.17 Or bless themselves by him
Psalm 72:17
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Genesis 17:4-8
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4 “As for me, this is my covenant with you: You shall be the ancestor of a multitude of nations.(A) 5 No longer shall your name be Abram,[a] but your name shall be Abraham,[b] for I have made you the ancestor of a multitude of nations.(B) 6 I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come from you.(C) 7 I will establish my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you throughout their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your offspring after you.(D) 8 And I will give to you and to your offspring after you the land where you are now an alien, all the land of Canaan, for a perpetual holding, and I will be their God.”(E)
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Genesis 17:4-8
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4 “As for me, this is my covenant with you:(A) You will be the father of many nations.(B) 5 No longer will you be called Abram[a]; your name will be Abraham,[b](C) for I have made you a father of many nations.(D) 6 I will make you very fruitful;(E) I will make nations of you, and kings will come from you.(F) 7 I will establish my covenant(G) as an everlasting covenant(H) between me and you and your descendants after you for the generations to come, to be your God(I) and the God of your descendants after you.(J) 8 The whole land of Canaan,(K) where you now reside as a foreigner,(L) I will give as an everlasting possession to you and your descendants after you;(M) and I will be their God.(N)”
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- Genesis 17:5 Abram means exalted father.
- Genesis 17:5 Abraham probably means father of many.
Hebrews 11:2
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Hebrews 11:2
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2 This is what the ancients were commended for.(A)
Genesis 18:18
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18 seeing that Abraham shall become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?[a](A)
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- 18.18 Or and all the nations of the earth shall bless themselves by him
Genesis 18:18
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18 Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation,(A) and all nations on earth will be blessed through him.[a]
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- Genesis 18:18 Or will use his name in blessings (see 48:20)
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